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- 1 Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it. not-comparable, usually
"male writers"
- 2 Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare masculine, manly.) not-comparable, usually
"stereotypically male interests"
- 3 Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex. not-comparable, usually
"the male chromosome"
- 4 Masculine; of the masculine grammatical gender. form-of, masculine, not-comparable, usually
"The teacher's voice inflects the pulse of nêhiyawêwin as he teaches us. He says a prayer in the first class. Nouns, we learn, have a gender. In French, nouns are male or female, but in Cree, nouns are living or non-living, animate or inanimate."
- 5 Having the F factor; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female). not-comparable, usually
"Furthermore, male bacteria with fi + R factors, which inhibit the function of F (fi fertility inhibition) (Watanabe et al., 1964a), cannot form specific cell pairs at high frequencies. On the contrary, the formation of[…]"
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- 6 Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware. figuratively, not-comparable, usually
"Male adapter connects female pipe threads to polyethylene cold-water pipe; [...] female flare coupling connects male pipe threads to flared copper or plastic;"
- 1 being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation wordnet
- 2 for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys wordnet
- 3 characteristic of a man wordnet
- 1 A surname.
- 2 Alternative form of Maale. alt-of, alternative
- 3 A Madang language of Papua New Guinea.
- 1 One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.; A human member of the masculine sex or gender.
"For quotations using this term, see Citations:male."
- 2 Alternative form of Maale. alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
- 3 an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova) wordnet
- 4 One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.; An animal of the sex that has testes.
- 5 a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies wordnet
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- 6 One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.; A plant of the masculine sex.
- 7 A bacterium which has the F factor.
"During mating, F+ male bacteria transfer the F factor to the recipient females, transforming them into F+ males. Males also retain a copy of their F factor for themselves (left). When Hfr (or high frequency recombination) males mate[…]"
- 8 A male connector, pipe fitting, etc.
"Work another rubber washer over the threads of the male adapter that is now sticking out of the bucket. […] cut out with an X-acto knife, then thread the female fittings to the males."
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin mās Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin -culus Latin masculus Vulgar Latin masclus Old French maslebor. Middle English male English male From Middle English male, borrowed from Old French malle, masle (Modern French mâle), from Latin masculus (“masculine, a male”), diminutive of mās (“male, masculine”). Doublet of macho. Displaced native Old English wǣpned (“male”, literally “weaponed”).
Etymology tree Latin mās Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin -culus Latin masculus Vulgar Latin masclus Old French maslebor. Middle English male English male From Middle English male, borrowed from Old French malle, masle (Modern French mâle), from Latin masculus (“masculine, a male”), diminutive of mās (“male, masculine”). Doublet of macho. Displaced native Old English wǣpned (“male”, literally “weaponed”).
* As a Welsh surname, from the personal name Mael, from Middle Welsh mael (“prince”). * As an English surname of Norman origin, contaminated from many Old French sources, such as mail (“hammer”), maille (“chainmail”), maille (“denier”), or esmal (“enamel”). Compare Mailer. * Also as an English surname, from Middle English male (“bag, pouch”). * Also as an English surname of Norman origin, from the source of male (“male, male adult”). * Also as an English surname, from Middle English mele (“meal, flour”) (compare Millman) or from Old Norse melr (“sandhill”). Compare Meil. * As a Slovene surname, from the adjective mal (“small, little”), from Proto-Slavic *malъ. Compare Mal, Mahle. * As a Norwegian surname, from a farm in Romsdal derived from Old Norse mǫl (“layer of pebbles”). Also Americanized from Mæle, Mæhle, itself related to the Norse word melr. Compare Mele.
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